On Monday, the new nonprofit board of directors for Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital hired Michael Young, CEO of Erie County Medical Center, becoming the sixth Grady CEO since 2005. There is reason to hope that Young—a proven turnaround leader—will finally be the one to save Grady from itself. [Read More]

July 25, 2008

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Billionaires back antismoking effortNew York mayor/billionaire Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder/billionaire Bill Gates have ponied up $500 million to fight smoking in foreign countries. That's a lot of nicotine patches. [Read More]They know what's in your medicine cabinetIs there nothing that a health plan won't do to deny individual coverage? This week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law that would prohibit insurance companies for rewarding employees for rescission. Now Business Week reports that some insurers are scanning prescription databases to screen applicants for whatever conditions might be associated with the medication. [Read More]Medicare to pay bonuses for e-prescribingWe live in a world of cash back bonuses, and getting air miles for buying groceries on a credit card, so why should e-prescribing be any different. CMS has announced a plan to pay physicians a 2% bonus for e-prescribing in 2009 and 2010, with declining bonuses in later years. One concern with any incentive program is whether the rewards are high enough to influence behavior, but in this case, even a few hundred dollars a year could offset the upfront technology purchase costs for e-prescribing. [Read More]

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The Hospital of the Future

Sure, your organization offers sophisticated, compassionate care. But the patients of tomorrow will want much more than that. Here's how some hospitals are creating facilities for a new vision of healthcare. [Read More]

Audio FeatureConvenient Care Clinics and Stand-Alone ERs: A Threat to Doctors?Paul Breslin, a senior principal at the Noblis Center for Health Innovation, discusses the strategic implications of the proliferation of minute clinics and standalone emergency rooms to physicians and physician practices. [Listen Now]